diff -r 4ea6f81c838a -r 0e9bb658ef58 osncore/osncore/inc/alfstringdata.h
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description: OSN string data header. 
+*
+*/
+
+#ifndef ALFSTRINGDATA_H
+#define ALFSTRINGDATA_H
+
+#include <osn/osntypes.h>
+
+#include "stringmacros.h"
+
+
+namespace osncore
+    {
+
+class AlfChar;
+
+class CAlfString;
+
+struct SAlfStringData
+    {
+    // Uses shared null data.
+    SAlfStringData();
+    
+    // No copy.
+  //  SAlfStringData(AlfChar *u, uint l, uint m);
+  //  void initialize(AlfChar *u, uint l, uint m);
+
+    // Copy bytes.
+  //  SAlfStringData(const AlfChar *u, uint l);
+  //  void initialize(const AlfChar *u, uint l);
+
+    
+    void initialize(const char *u, int l);
+
+   
+    ~SAlfStringData();
+/*
+#ifdef QSTRING_DEBUG_ALLOCATIONS
+    void* operator new(size_t s);
+    void operator delete(void*p);
+#endif
+*/
+    inline void ref() { refCount++; }
+    inline void deref() { /*if (--refCount == 0 && _isHeapAllocated) delete this;*/ refCount--; }
+    
+    char* ascii();
+   
+    char *makeAscii();
+    
+  
+    
+    bool increaseAsciiSize(uint size);
+
+  //  AlfChar *unicode();
+  //  AlfChar *makeUnicode();
+   
+
+  //  bool isUnicodeInternal() const { return (char *)_unicode == _internalBuffer; }
+    bool isAsciiInternal() const { return _ascii == _internalBuffer; }
+
+    int refCount;
+    int _length;
+  //  mutable AlfChar *_unicode;
+    mutable char *_ascii;
+    int _maxUnicode:30;
+    int _isUnicodeValid:1;
+    int _isHeapAllocated:1;	// Fragile, but the only way we can be sure the instance was created with 'new'.
+    int _maxAscii:31;
+    int _isAsciiValid:1;
+
+    char _internalBuffer[QS_INTERNAL_BUFFER_SIZE]; // Pad out to a (((size + 1) & ~15) + 14) size
+ 
+private:
+    SAlfStringData(const SAlfStringData &);
+    SAlfStringData &operator=(const SAlfStringData &);
+   
+    };
+
+    }// osncore
+#endif
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